Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/datlā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Of disputed origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh̥₁-tl-eh₂, from *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place”) +‎ *-tlo- (instrument noun suffix) (synchronically, *-tlā).

Noun

*datlā f

  1. meeting, assembly

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *datlā *datlai *datlās
vocative *datlā *datlai *datlās
accusative *datlam *datlai *datlāns
genitive *datlās *datlous *datlom
dative *datlāi *datlābom *datlābos
locative *datlai *? *?
instrumental *? *datlābim *datlābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *dadl
    • Old Breton: dadl
      • Breton: dael
    • Middle Welsh: dadl
  • Old Irish: dál

Further reading

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “datlā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 92
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